Monday Night is alright for B-Ball. Your Monday evening Open Thread.

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Most of you good folks must dread this time of year. We’re mighty damn close to having baseball being the only sport in town.

Tonight is game 5 of the NBA finals and it’s been a hell of a good series. Odd thing is the series has been great but the games have been crap, if that makes sense. I’ll record this thing and watch it in it’s entirety when I get home from work.

See that banner photo up there? That’s a real damn place right here in my hometown of San Pedro. I used to take my girls there and shoot hoops with them. You do NOT want to shoot an air-ball here, trust me. That hill in the background rolls all the damn way down to Paseo Del Mar and all you’re gonna get out of it is a lost ball and probably a car accident. The view is pretty killer though. That’s Catalina in the background.

I remember seeing this court used on one of those “Inspirational Posters” that were all the goddamn rage back around the turn of the century.

Remember these fucking things?

Fucking hell we had those all over our corporate HQ and I was never once “Inspired” to do anything except maybe vomit once or twice

Got some baseball things going tonight as well if you’re so inclined. Fuck it, man use Google or some damn thing. I’m here to cover not to cater towards.

Speaking of covering, our usual Monday night host the esteemed Don T should be back to host next week. He was waylaid by a wandering horde of Caribbean Pirates and we’re working tirelessly behind the scenes to come up with enough gold doubloons and Puerto Rican rum to cover his ransom.

[checks word count]

There we go!

Have at it folks. Tell us about your day, what you’re drinking, what’s for dinner.

Have fun and be real.

 

Take it away!

 

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yeah right is a fully vaccinated lifelong Vikings fan, food guru and LA Harbor resident with a black belt in profanity.
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rockingdog

Found a funny;

the ai art thing is fake. i’m the guy who has to draw all the requests like the chess player inside the mechanical turk. you’re torturing me. i spend every waking hour drawing shit like “joe biden asuka wedding” and “donkey kong nuremberg trials” please stop. i need to sleep

rockingdog

Warriors got the win!
Psyched I’m back in the bay chillin with my dogs
Game 6 should be Rockingggg!!! 💯

Gumbygirl

Here’s a good boy for you!

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TheRevanchist

Thoughts on the game tonight:

Marcus Smart flops too much, which is why he won’t get the calls, even when it is a legit foul.

The commercials were stupid. How do these marketing people not get fired more often?

Boston has Tatum and maybe one or two other good players. Maybe.

Everyone talks about Klay, Green, and Curry. But Poole and Wiggins. Yeah.

Smart was a liability. Horford needs more involved is Boston wants a chance.

But the Celtics won’t come back from this. They have been beat emotionally with losing 2 games in a row.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The NBA is basically pro wrestling now, so the Celtics will get a lot of help from the refs in Game 6. And anything can happen in Game 7.

WCS

BAH GAWD KING! THAT’S BILL SIMMONS’ MUSIC!

TheRevanchist

He is annoying, but he used to know basketball back in the day. Same can be said of me!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I don’t really have anything against the Warriors, but I do detest the spoiled-as-fuck fans that can afford tickets to these games.

TheRevanchist

Believe me, after almost two decades of sucking since Run-TMC, I am all about this.

Brocky

I’ve always had a respect for Steve Kerr, and i hate other teams more.

Man, buck Foston.

And fuck ray Allen. Just cuz

SonOfSpam

What this guy said.

Also, despite his greatness, fuck Kevin McHale

Gumbygirl

Gumby and I could afford playoff tickets for the Sonics in the mid 80’s when he was in the Navy! Times have changed, for sure.

Brocky

Victory boobs!!!

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rockingdog

Thats Rocking!

Brocky

Evening

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Brocky

I hate I haven’t been on much lately, did anyone else enjoy the Lakers revisionist history as much as I did?

Gumbygirl

I just spent 20 futile minutes trying to get an avatar. That program is pitiful. Or maybe it’s me!

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Gumbygirl

Huh, look at that! Accidental Excellence!

Sharkbait

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WCS

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ballsofsteelandfury

WOOOOOO! Nice one!

2Pack

I ran that gauntlet a few months ago. They certainly do not make it clear or easy.

ballsofsteelandfury

Buddy would greatly enjoy this Honduras-Canada game because there’s a lot of men ass up with their backs on the ground and a bunch of slippery balls.

litre_cola

So choppy and ugly.

King Hippo

Related office wisdom – You smell 100% of the shits you don’t take.

SonOfSpam

“Why don’t people wanna come back to the office???”

Reason #163

2Pack

I don’t know Balls. Those posters were helpful for me at least.

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ArmedandHammered

I would love to take her driving down some gravel roads.

2Pack

And I think many of us would love to help strap her in. Because… safety you know…

TheRevanchist

The dirt highway? You perv!

ballsofsteelandfury

Go Wet Canadia!

litre_cola

That was a bullshit yellow 4 mins in.

ballsofsteelandfury

Indeed. Plus, our man is not wearing his sweat pants!

litre_cola

29 degrees there even in the rain that’s a bit steamy in sweatpants

ballsofsteelandfury

That’s exactly why you need to wear them. Show dominance.

Dunstan

“Steamy Sweatpants” was my stage name.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

THESE BOSTON CELTICS I CALL THEM THE STOCK MARKET CAUSE NOTHING IS COMING UP GREEN TODAY.

Game Time Decision

For me the summer means lacrosse, both playing and (hopefully) watching. Have season tickets if the governing bodies can get out of the way and let the games be played.

Brick Meathook

Do you see that?

Do you see that?

That ain’t no fool Billy Idol lip neither.

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ArmedandHammered

Saw the upcoming trailer for the biopic, will be skipping.

Brick Meathook

Baz Luhrmann is Australia’s answer to Tyler Perry.

scotchnaut

2nd-most brilliant tune of all time? I’m going with “How Soon Is Now?”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PIi1LWkfDE&ab_channel=TheSmiths-Topic

ballsofsteelandfury

I’m curious as to #1. I’m guessing either The Cure’s Just Like Heaven or Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division.

scotchnaut

This isn’t my #1 but how the fuckballs did the The Bangles OF ALL BANDS get Leonard Nimoy into their video? And the tune is so great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj7OJeyhq2Q&ab_channel=TheBanglesVEVO

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I presume Susannah Hoffs asked him, and he agreed. I’d happily kill someone if she asked me to.

Brick Meathook

I saw Leonard Nimoy in a bowling alley, so I guess it wasn’t too hard.

scotchnaut

300 pics of him against a backdrop of some tunnel or it didn’t happen!

Brick Meathook

You gotta pay for those.

Dunstan

I prefer the original Katrina and The Waves version.

Gumbygirl

I love this one. And Leonard Nimoy was cool as fuck.

scotchnaut

The first 10 times I heard this tune I thought he was singing about the “the Sun And The Air”. I love my old really stupid self. He was the same guy that grabbed lawn ornaments from front lawns, brought them to his empty living room and returned them back to the same lawns (I think?) several months later.

ballsofsteelandfury

I always thought that’s what he said.

Game Time Decision

Number 1 has GOT to be Nickelback’s How you remind me

ballsofsteelandfury

Let the person that has NOT sung this at the top of their lungs in a drunken haze at a bar cast the first stone.

– Jesus

ArmedandHammered

“Starts throwing motion”

WCS

Here’s some true inspiration:
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Sharkbait

This Baltimore meetup better happen. I’ve been upgraded to good to go, and will be there.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I haven’t explicitly cleared that weekend but have put it on the joint calendar for future plausible deniability.

In other words, I’m in if I’m in town.

ArmedandHammered

This is sounding better and better. I am definitely in.

Sharkbait

Fantastic

WCS

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ballsofsteelandfury

We have a ton of those motivational posters in our conference room. The best part is we haven’t used the conference room in over 2 years.

Anybody want some?

litre_cola

I am on a cultural shift or journey or embracing the pride, or making the right call or jesus am I acting for my people, I know I am doing more with less but I think that synergizes in the parking lot or sandbox?

ballsofsteelandfury

Let’s touch base

litre_cola

Yeah I figured we would circle back.

Dunstan

Replace them with these

ballsofsteelandfury

Those are GREAT!

scotchnaut

Motivational posters in the workplace are an actual thing? Pics or it didn’t happen.

ballsofsteelandfury

I will take pictures and write a post about these.

litre_cola

I would like to remark snarky retorts to each of them.

ballsofsteelandfury

Done! I’ll work on a draft this week and let you know when it’s ready for you!

litre_cola

I am not in a good state of mind with job #1 right now. Love job #2 but couldn’t do it full time.

ballsofsteelandfury

I sent you a message on Slack that is related to job #1. You might laugh.

Game Time Decision

We have one that says “make the complex simple” and we’re a printing company so, I use a postit and put an “X” after the e in simple

ArmedandHammered

“‘Make the complex simple’ otherwise management will not understand a single thing” in other words.

Game Time Decision

THIS.

And all our sales reps too